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Originally Posted by wtflux

Spoiler:

I've read from various places that the nagato analogue's name is Suou. i haven't read of a last name. and i haven't personally seen her name anywhere despite reading various sections of the book enough to know the other names.
Sneering Bastard insists that names are pointless; probably has something to do with the apparent 'psychic link' humans have in the future(i.e. it seems to be implied that computers and the internet analogue, even time travel, are somehow linked directly to humans or a human network). but after sasaki asks him politely he immediately replies 'fujiwara,'(maybe he is either subordinate to sasaki or has romantic feelings for her ala alternate universe koizumi?) and that's the name they use for him, although it seems that this is only a temporary name given because of contemporary culture's need for names.
ESPer's name is tachibana kyouko, if i'm reading the kanji right.

also, a third SOS brigade is hinted at. i think this is whole multiple SOS brigade thing is kind of asinine/juvenile, there are much better ways he could have invented other factions without actually making them into a brigade. the multiple endings thing is stupid as well, if it's really a 'choose your ending' type of deal. but i'll have to see how he executes it to make a final analysis. it would be OK if there were only 2 sos brigades, and the other SOS brigade was from the alternate reality that nagato created. but i guess according to tanigawa that wouldn't exist anymore.

on a side note, trying to read this is magnifying my hatred for kanji and especially those who implemented it by about tenfold. i don't even want to imagine what it would be like trying to read chinese. at least they give furigana for -some- of the words.

Spoiler:

Yeah, I was afraid it'd go in that direction. It always seems like Tanigawa's ideas are better as obscure ideas, and when we actually see them executed it ends up disappointing. Volume 7 was like that for me and I'm kind of getting a similar vibe from this book.